Ishkur:And you didn't know spiders could bury themselves subby? What do you think trap-door spiders are!?!?

Spiders move however the fark they want cuz they spiders. They move like crabs, like robots... hell this one moves like a wheel.... after burying itself.

Uchiha_Cycliste:red5ish: Spiders are creepy but this crab is creepier.[img845.imageshack.us image 400x300]

Speaking of crabs, I heard on NPR last night that new studies are indicating that Crabs may be able to sense pain. At first I thought so what? And then they added that there is a common practice of ripping off their caws while they are still alive! ouch =(The study took crabs, and gave them two shady hidey holes, one of which had minor electric current running through it. Apparently the crabs learned right quickly to avoid that hidey hole.

I believe all animals feel pain, it's a survival mechanism. You don't get very far unscathed if you can't.I was going to send this to wifey but that would definitely put me in the dog house. She hates spiders. Me it's centipedes specifically the Scutigera coleoptrata. It's those damn legs and how fast they move (shudder)

And now, onto the icky tale of spider stuff:Hiking along the Na'pali coast of Kauai will bring you through some sections thick with vegetation. The good part is at some points, yellow liliko'i (passion fruit) is just hanging from the trees for a delightful snack. The bad part would be webs of cane spiders that you might walk face-first into before you see them. The trail is so scenic you're constantly focusing your gaze hundreds of yards away. They look pretty much like what Burr posted directly above me.

hetheeme:Z-clipped: hetheeme: Basically, if the spider is smaller than 1/4 inch I panic

Ummm... the Brown Recluse is usually a lot bigger than 1/4". I've seen them as big as 2" across.Just sayin'...you may want to adjust your terror/size factor.

Sh*t. I had always seen them as being some of the smallest spiders. I had a friend get bit by one, the aftermath was horrific.

Like Ian Malcolm said "Life will find a way to make everything kill you"

He didn't say it exactly like that, but he should have, considering what happens about an hour later.

They mostly don't get bigger than 3/4" across counting the legs. 2" across is probably a huntsman spider and not a recluse, they have similar coloration but very different appearance. Wiki's picture of a large brown recluse:

CavalierEternal:jeanwearinfool: sno man: robbiex0r: Grown men afraid of spiders is the sissiest thing on the internet.

ponies.

Amen.

Here here.

I just offer this one piece of info. My daughter is 4 and she enjoys My Little Pony. I was watching it with her one day and a group of ponies went to the bowling alley. There was a pony in the BG with a hair net. That caught my eye, and then I realized that the pony in question was dressed as Jesus from the Big Lebowski. I wont' say I understand bronies... but I have less disdain for them now.

/And honestly, MLP is far from the worst thing available for kids to watch... there's some terrifically bad children's programming out there//I'm looking at you, Wiggles... you farking talentless farks

Flakeloaf:Tetrafluoroethane combusts pretty readily under a propane torch. Do not actually try this unless you have another source of air for breathing.

/I didn't have any desoldering braid ok?//coughcough

Nice. Hopefully your eyebrows survived the experience.

Zafler:They mostly don't get bigger than 3/4" across counting the legs. 2" across is probably a huntsman spider and not a recluse, they have similar coloration but very different appearance. Wiki's picture of a large brown recluse:

I like spiders. They are quiet, unobtrusive creatures that trap and eat noisy, annoying creatures.Currently I have a nice little cross spider living in my kitchen. I've had to save it from drowning in the sink a couple of times, so I guess it's not that smart, but it makes beautiful webs.

Uchiha_Cycliste:It sure was gross. And I'm astonished at how much bigger that parasitic little asshole looked than the spider. How does that happen? It was like 10 pounds of slimy little yuck in a 5 pound victim.

jeanwearinfool:robbiex0r: Grown men afraid of spiders is the sissiest thing on the internet.

You assume subby was a guy. Accidental misogyny is the sissiest thing on the internet.

subby is indeed a guy. quite a manly guy at that. Hair in all the right places, insane amounts of testosterone, far too many kids that are all boys, bench press over 250, Shoot a gun like a mofo, worked in road construction, forestry, farming, building construction, cut his leg with a power saw, chopped his hand with an axe, has been stabbed, in many many fights, rolled 4 vehicles, does all his own vehicle maintenance .. guy things.. admittedly DUMB guy things but guy things none the less and has an absolutely perfectly rational fear of spiders.

Maud Dib:Came home from the pub one night, the porch light was off. Saw something to my left, opened the front door and turned on the porch light.....

OH HAI[i865.photobucket.com image 320x240]

heh

A friend of the family, when we were living in Tucson, opened his front door one evening. A tarantula marched right into the house, strolled through, and stopped at the sliding glass door on the other side. And he waited. The guy opened the glass door, and the tarantula marched out. The thing treated the house like a goddamn highway.

kvinesknows:Uchiha_Cycliste: It sure was gross. And I'm astonished at how much bigger that parasitic little asshole looked than the spider. How does that happen? It was like 10 pounds of slimy little yuck in a 5 pound victim.

I just read that book during the Christmas holiday week... I liked the story up until about the last 30 pages... disappointed in the ending (again). Have you seen the JDATE movie yet? streaming on Amazon and netflix.

Z-clipped:Z-clippedUchiha_Cycliste: They're usually just fluorocarbon mixtures. So no, not flammable.

Sorry, that was misleading...

Some fluorocarbons are flammable, but not at low vapor pressures. Which means you could light "canned air" on fire, but you'd probably have to hold the can upside down while you spray.

Hell forget the lighter. Turn a can of air upside down and let the spider have it with a jet of rapidly evaporating liquid. Spider-icicles. Will kill a bunch of them just from the cold, will severely slow down the more stubborn bastards so you can squish them.